The loaded two-day tournament required a wrestler to finish in the top two of his pool to make the eight-man championship bracket and five of the Chieftains’ 13 grapplers — Clayton Himpel (112 pounds), Britton Price (135), Nick Pursel (160), Matt Soetaert (145) and Adam Thomas (140) — were able to do so.

Pursel won his weight class, going 6-0 at Eudora. Himpel, a freshman, finished second with a 5-1 mark. Price was 3-4 and finished sixth, as did Thomas, whose record was 3-5. Soetaert placed eighth with a 3-4 record.

For much more on Tonganoxie’s weekend at Eudora, pick up the Dec. 15 print edition of The Mirror.

Eudora Tournament of Champions

Friday and Saturday at Eudora

Team results: 1. Lansing, 247.5; 2. Mill Valley, 210.5; 3. Gardner-Edgerton, 179.5; 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 177.5; 5. Chanute, 174.5; 6. Rossville, 168; 7. Baldwin, 163.5; 8. Tonganoxie, 155.5; 9. Spring Hill, 152; 10. Lawrence, 148; 11. Eudora, 145.5; 12. Shawnee Mission South, 142; 13. Effingham, 130.5; 14. Prairie View, 118.5; 15. De Soto, 114.5; 16. Fort Scott, 108.5; 17. Louisburg, 103; 18. Wellsville, 82; 19. Perry-Lecompton, 81; 20. Maize South, 73; 21. Paola, 72; 22. Sumner Academy, 60; 23. Blue Valley, 41.

THS individual results

(Weight class — wrestler, record, place)

112 — Clayton Himpel, 5-1, 2nd

119 — Dylan Yates, 1-2

125 — Justin Soetaert, 1-3

130 — Caleb Himpel, 2-2

135 — Britton Price, 3-4, 6th

140 — Adam Thomas, 3-5, 6th

145 — Matt Soetaert, 3-4, 8th

152 — Ian McClellan, 1-3

160 — Nick Pursel, 6-0, 1st

171 — Thomas Miller, 1-2

189 — Jonas Myers, 1-2

215 — Ryan Lynch, 2-2

Hwt. — Julius Coats, 0-3